Modular interchangeable weapons sub-assembly system for warships

US4031838A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Blohm & Voss GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Willy Schmidt · Karlsruhe, DE
• Karl-Otto Sadler · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 24, 1975
• Grant date: Jun 28, 1977
• Expiry date: Dec 24, 1995

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B63B3/70
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The weapons units of a warship may be formed in remotely prefabricated modular sub-assemblies which are capable of interchangeable mounting at different locations on the warship by an arrangement which includes a standardized adapter device structurally formed as part of the warship and defining the opening of a compartment into which the modular sub-assembly of the weapons unit is mounted. The weapons unit modular sub-assembly consists of a container within which the weapons unit is prefabricated. The weapons unit container and the adapter unit on the warship are both formed with mating structural parts having standardized sizes and configurations in order to enable interchangeability of the sub-assemblies. Although each sub-assembly may be formed with a different weapons unit, the container for the weapons unit of each sub-assembly is uniformly structured in a standardized manner complementing the adapter unit on the warship. The container unit is formed with a horizontal flange which overlies a horizontal flange of the adapter unit when the weapons sub-assembly is in mounting position. A pair of L-shaped rims, one each on the container unit and the adapter unit, respectively, fo…